combination chemotherapy

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meaningsofcombinationandchemotherapy

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combination
noun
uk
/ˌkɒm.bɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːm.bəˈneɪ.ʃən/
the mixture you get when two or more things ...
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chemotherapy
noun[U]
uk
/ˌkiː.məʊˈθer.ə.pi/us
/ˌkiː.moʊˈθer.ə.pi/
the treatment of diseases ...
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This result challenges the conventional wisdom not of polychemotherapy, but specifically ofcombinationchemotherapy, as a gold standard.
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The practical meaning of palliative care can t herefore vary f rom the hospice management of the last few days of life tocombinationchemotherapy.
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A comparison ofcombinationchemotherapyand combined modality therapy for locally advanced gastric carcinoma.
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Older patients with acute leukaemia and aggressive high grade lymphomas require intensivecombinationchemotherapyto have a reasonable hope of attaining clinical remission and long-term survival.
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The agents in this list are often combined into chemotherapy regimens for polychemotherapy (combinationchemotherapy).
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Most patients with germ cell cancer will need to be treated withcombinationchemotherapyfor at least 3 cycles.
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Chemotherapy may use one drug at a time (single-agent chemotherapy) or several drugs at once (combinationchemotherapyor polychemotherapy).
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Suchcombinationchemotherapyusually offers the benefits of early remission and a lower risk of disease resistance.
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The primary chemotherapeutic plan iscombinationchemotherapywith chlorambucil or cyclophosphamide, plus a corticosteroid such as prednisone or prednisolone.
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These tumors are highly sensitive to radiation therapy and tocombinationchemotherapy.
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Combinationchemotherapyand radiotherapy at least doubles survival time, but causes dementia and leukoencephalopathy in at least 50% of patients who undergo it.
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Combinationchemotherapyconsists of a wide variety of agents, including cisplatin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine and carboplatin.
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Various studies have showncombinationchemotherapyto have an effect.
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In general,combinationchemotherapyhas resulted in median survivals of 18 to 20 months compared to 2 to 6 months when single agent therapy is used.
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Haseltine proposed the use ofcombinationchemotherapy, the use of multiple drugs targeted against different viral proteins would be the basis for effective therapy.
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